Samuel Patton, MD
Otolaryngology · Houston, TXNPI 1861711186
Payments from drug & device makers
Across 60 payments — averaging $282.46 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Novartis$15K
- Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.$847
- Optinose US, Inc.$289
- Stryker$107
- Aerin Medical Inc.$105
- Medtronic$48
- plus $136 from 7 others
What the payments were for
- Food & beverage$1,546100%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Novartis | 2 | $15,415 |
| Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. | 27 | $847 |
| Optinose US, Inc. | 12 | $289 |
| Stryker | 5 | $107 |
| Aerin Medical Inc. | 5 | $105 |
| Medtronic | 2 | $48 |
| Sanofi | 1 | $23 |
| GSK | 1 | $23 |
| Integra Lifesciences Corporation | 1 | $22 |
| Acclarent, Inc | 1 | $20 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 1 | $18 |
| Olympus America Inc. | 1 | $15 |
| Arrinex, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
How this compares
$16,948 in reported general payments places this provider in the 90th percentile of 729 otolaryngology providers in Texas.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| Ipratropium Bromide | 144 | $4,150 |
| Azelastine Hcl | 76 | $3,411 |
| Fluocinolone Acetonide Oil | 35 | $1,334 |
| Fluticasone Propionate | 41 | $919 |
| Ofloxacin | 20 | $604 |
| Neomycin-Polymyxin-HydrocortNeomycin/Polymyxin B/Hydrocort | 12 | $591 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanate PotassAmoxicillin/Potassium Clav | 70 | $562 |
| Doxycycline Hyclate | 57 | $509 |
| Famotidine | 60 | $408 |
| Cefdinir | 21 | $267 |
| Gabapentin | 17 | $256 |
| Methylprednisolone | 43 | $210 |
| Mupirocin | 24 | $143 |
| Prednisone | 17 | $31 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other otolaryngology in Houston
- Mark ZafereoHouston$7.8M
- Neil GrossHouston$1.5M
- Stephen LaiHouston$968K
- Amber LuongHouston$793K
- Masayoshi TakashimaHouston$644K
- Arjuna KuperanHouston$348K
- Ron KarniHouston$336K
- William YaoHouston$280K
- Martin CitardiHouston$264K
- Michael KaplanHouston$202K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.